Crime writer for page and screen

A welcome message from Stephen

Hello and welcome. This site provides information about my books. You will also be able to ask me questions about the art of writing crime fiction and police procedure. In addition you can sign up below to get extra access to lots of other information, via my newsletter – ‘The Old Coppers Pocketbook.’ Last but not least, there will be information about events, book readings and much more . Don’t forget to drop by occasionally.

I’m looking forward to the next year to grow my audience/community, now that I can dedicate more time to what I love best. Writing, videography and ‘podcastery.’ The last few years have been difficult for us Indie authors, hopefully 2024 will be a better year.

Happy Reading.

Recent Books

If you embark on revenge - dig two graves!

Blind Murder (2nd Ed)

2022 Edition

In 1994 probationary PC’s Jim Kingsfield and Jake Jordan attend their first murder where Bingham Tyler’s step-mother is found in a house on a Northampton estate. Some think Tyler did it.

Eighteen years later, Detective Inspector Jim Kingsfield, now married to forensic pathologist, Kirsty, is unaware that he and his wife are being targeted by Tyler, who’s lust for revenge will have explosive and life changing consequences for them all.

Meanwhile Jake Jordan, now a traffic sergeant, is thrown into this revenge fuelled mix, putting his job to the test, and discovering his marriage is on the rocks.

Tyler is a psychopath. Tyler wants Kingsfield dead for his actions all those years ago.

Will he get his revenge?

A fantastic read, simply couldn’t put it down! Everything about this book is spot on. I love the way the characters are developed right the way through the book, allowing you to connect with them and feel like this is not the first instalment. A juggernaut of twist at the end had me wanting the next book now!

C Howard - Amazon

MURDER. ABDUCTION. TWO CITIES. TWO COPS. ONE OBJECTIVE...

Crimson Dragon

Mandy Lee & Ed Roberts - Book 1

Eighteen months ago. Chinatown, London. A police raid goes disastrously wrong. People die.  Today, those police officers involved in the swoop are dead. Serial, Purple One Five, are all dead, except the serial commander – Sergeant Brian Gibson.

In Hong Kong, a woman’s body is discovered in a seedy downtown Wan Chai hotel. Detective Inspector of Police MANDY LEE  must determine who she is and who killed her.  Lee identifies the woman as Andrea Ventress-Gibson. Her investigation leads her to the UK, but Andrea’s new husband, Sergeant Brian Gibson, is missing – whereabouts unknown.

Meanwhile, in the UK, Road Policing Officer PC ED ROBERTS discovers a cyber-attack on a police database committed by a Hong Kong underworld organisation – Crimson Dragon. Ordered to chaperone D. I. Lee, they soon find that their enquiries are linked.

Against orders, Roberts follows Lee to London’s Chinatown, where they come into direct conflict with CRIMSON DRAGON, Lee confirming her suspicions that her estranged step-brother is involved.

Can Lee and Roberts discover Gibson’s whereabouts and stop CRIMSON DRAGON?

I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It has everything I like in a book – good writing and a well thought out plot line, likeable characters who just grow on you the more you read, plenty of twists and lots of action to keep you entertained. The author grabbed my attention from the first page and held it all the way to the last. The characters just jumped out from the pages and I could picture some of the scenes in my mind when reading, and found myself rooting for the main characters throughout. The book raced to a thrilling conclusion, with all loose ends tied up and the ending sets up the next book nicely. I’d definitely read another book with these characters and hope there is more to come from this author. If you like police procedurals, a story that is action packed and full of surprises then this is for you and I’d recommend it.

Net Galley - Annie

A gripping crime thriller for all fans of Stuart McBride, Peter James and Mark Billingham

Driving Dead

‘With horror, she felt all the muscles in her body cramp, as her body went into an uncontrollable spasm her right foot hit the accelerator pedal and lay there like a brick’

When a woman is killed and her family seriously injured in a road collision, Jake Jordan and his team of road policing officers are called in to investigate.

Discovering a water bottle laced with a substance which causes drivers to have seizures and die while driving, Jordan enlists the help of Kirsty Kingsfield and her long time microbiologist friend Dr Tanya Nicholls.

The police find themselves with an abduction of one of their own and a near fatal accident, following an aborted sting operation by new Detective Inspector, Fletcher Randall.

 

I’m not a regular reader of crime novels but this was recommended to me and I’m glad it was. Great plot twists and turns and a gripping story that keeps up the pace and interest. Recommended.

S. Wilshire - Amazon

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